29 Photos of Dawn on Mountain 0.00 Smarts

Budget update

While I want to hurry to tell you everything about the views from the tower this morning, I promised to continue updating my budget every two weeks so that other frugal people can see how realistic the path is to address the path in scarce funds.

I have had a burst. $ 147 spent in the last two weeks. An increase of almost 50% in my first two weeks. And I know exactly what happened to cause this damage. Roasted chicken in Price Chopper.

Basically, all that has happened is that I am much more hungry in the second half of my first month along the way. My caloric deficit has become too big as it does for all long -distance hikers at some point, and when you enter the grocery store, your eyes become as large as the dishes and you cannot imagine getting out of the store without buying two of everything for instant consumption.

I also had more opportunities as more cities spent in the last two weeks, and I have been very happy about that. The additional protein has been welcome when my body slowly adjusts to hiking rigors every day. My expense in accommodation and transport remains collectively at $ 0.00 constants.

The total expenditure after four weeks on the path is $ 247.

Views

The day dawned and struck myself to prepare to go to the Tower of Fire and absorb the views. Last night there were some other hikers on the mountain, so I hoped we were all hanging from the tower trying to get the best angles for our photos.

To my surprise, I went up the tower just just after dawn, and there was no one about me.

Mother Nature came to play this morning! The most perfect 360 degree view of cloud investment and mountain peaks that emerge from the fog. Days like these do not often appear along the way, and I sent the next 30 minutes taking too many photos of the glorious views.

It is worth mentioning that it was absolutely frozen at the top of the tower. The early hour combined with a healthy wind made for very cold hands that were not willing to do simple things such as pressing the shutter button on the phone and clinging to the tower so that I do not fall.

I got out of the tower to warm up, sure I had taken enough shots. I ate a breakfast bar, drank a little water and then felt the inexorable pull to climb the tower only once again in case I had lost an angle (I had not really done it).

Finally, I managed to convince myself that no photo was going to do justice to the show that I was enjoying, and after a fast selfie I returned to Terra signature to start my walk.

Hiking

A long descent began the day while I got out of intelligence. Fortunately, it was not a descent as steep as escalation the day before. It was time to climb Mt Cube, named for its form. A much more honest name convention than Bear or Moose, which of course only leads to despair and disappointment.

It was a decent climb to the peak interesting, where they expected bigger views.

Another descent followed (it is almost as if this path continues along the backbone of a mountain range) and then another climb towards a lunch camp.

Comments on Farout for Ore Camp were less than brilliant. Upon arrival, I could see how you could get out with a less stellar view of the camp. The store sites were scarce and unequal, and the water supply … It was not good. Essentially, the water source were some small stagnant pools located in a steep hill of the camp. Excursionists are never delighted to have to do an extra job to get to the water in a camp, we are a bkey lot.

The good news about stagnant pools is that they were a shelter for mosquito larvae. Thousands of beautiful reproductive insects hung around the swimming pools, happy to relieve it of something of their weight in the form of blood donations while collecting the larvae to reach the drinking water.

Completed task I took to the hill and made the wise decision to put the hammock in the afternoon, since it had heated. The remaining kilometers to the final camp of the night would be completed after 4 pm once the heat has leaked from the day.

I made some lunch tortillas and then the hammock came out and made myself cozy. Last afternoon, it is completely possible that there is even a nap for a while. Too soon, it was close to 4 pm and it’s time to return to the path.

Avoid heat had proven to be a great plan, and Chestnut and I soon headed towards the camp.

Around 5.30 pm we cross a road and find more magic of paths. A friendly soul had left a cardboard of cans of seftzer water with zero calories next to the road. Certainly, an unusual choice for hikers, I did not complain since the bubbles hit right at the end of a hot day.

We decided to cook the dinner next to a stream near the road, and after an abundant Mac N Cheese food he returned to the path for the final thrust to the camp.

And what camp proved to be.

On the banks of a pond, some perfectly placed camps spread, which allowed him to contemplate the water of his store. I looked for water for beavers and alces, and I was rewarded with ducks and a turtle. I am not reluctant of duck or turtle, so I was very happy with my findings.

When the sunset closed, it was time to deliver the day, with a spectacular final show that takes place in the clouds.

Hiker Midnight had arrived and it was time to hit the hay.

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